Energy Transport by Kelvin-Helmholtz Instability at the Magnetopause
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Numerical Method
3. Simulation Results
3.1. Plasma Configuration
3.2. Energy Flux by Kelvin Helmholtz (KH) Instability
4. Conclusions
Funding
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Palermo, F. Energy Transport by Kelvin-Helmholtz Instability at the Magnetopause. Fluids 2019, 4, 189. https://doi.org/10.3390/fluids4040189
Palermo F. Energy Transport by Kelvin-Helmholtz Instability at the Magnetopause. Fluids. 2019; 4(4):189. https://doi.org/10.3390/fluids4040189
Chicago/Turabian StylePalermo, Francesco. 2019. "Energy Transport by Kelvin-Helmholtz Instability at the Magnetopause" Fluids 4, no. 4: 189. https://doi.org/10.3390/fluids4040189